(AFP) A 20-year-old man from Afghanistan suspected of having links to an offshoot of the Islamic State group has been arrested in France, anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Saturday.
The man was charged with participating in a criminal terrorist organisation and financing a terrorist enterprise, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) said.
The suspect, who was arrested in Lyon last week, was placed in pre-trial detention.
“Clearly adhering to jihadist ideology, he is suspected of having been in contact with IS-K (Islamic State in Khorasan),” the anti-terrorism unit said.
The man is suspected of “sending funds” and helping translate and relay “the propaganda of this terrorist organisation,” PNAT added.
